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The Abbeville Press and Bannerj| r.M j . M BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1901. ESTABLISHED 1844 f| WEST END. HappcuiuKN nut! Incldentn or a Week | About the City. Abbeville, S. C., February 20, 1901. Tbe first snow of the wiuter fell Saturday ( nightand continued to fall until about mid L day. snow Is very beneficial to small irraiu.l| and leaves tbe earth iu a good condition. ;, 1'EIWONALS. 1 1 t MUr Rebecca i>. Cater went to Newbery i la*t Friday on a visit to her brother, Mr. T, I A. Cater. c Mrs. Kobert Tea, of Greenwood, came up c Inst Tuesday aud spent the <luy with her | sister, Mrs. John K. Hlake. I Miss. Mario Gary who has teen attending j ( .? - " a vIkIi. to her! <: college ui (.UU?cipd, is ?v...v,.... ? _ . mother. Mrs. Eugene B. Gary. t Mrs. V. D. .Lee returned to Abbeville Thurs- g day alter h week's may with Mrs. Albert V. Hawes In Eiberton. ? Mrs. James Hawthorne, of Latimer, spent t lost Friday In the city tlie guest ol ber sister, i : Mr?. Blake. s Mrs. Al I)erlD<, accompanied by ber little h daughter has gone 10 Athens on a visit lo * relatives. Mrs berlng expects to leave in u v few weeks lor Mexico, wuere she will make t her home. ? Mrs. J. S. Coihran ?Dd Miss Hannah C. s Perrln, of Greenville are in the city the gues s ol relaiiven J Mr. Thomas C Ltddel'. of Lowndesvile wai. s lo the city ou busluess Friday and .Saturday. \ Mrs. John Brownlee, ol Antrevill*, was in r tbe city Friday shopping. 1 N Gen. Koberi K. Hemphill spent several t days last wefk with relatives in Charleston. s Mr. Wade Harrison, of Bradley, has been in i the city for several days. c Mr. JameB 8. Bowie, Mr. Will White and I Mr. Lawrence Parker, attended the dance i given at Greenwood, Friday evening. t Mr. J. JL> Jennings and Miss Mattle JenDings have returned from a delightful visit 1 to New Orleans, where they weut to enjoy a the pleasures ol Mardt Gras. j Miu Belle Glrard has returned to ber home r alter an extended; visit to ber brother, ib * Atlanta. t Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Haddon left Friday for 8 New York, where tney go to buy tiielr Spring 1 block ol goods. 1: Mr. Walter Wolf, who has been with C. W. r Kendall lor the past season has finished bis r engagement here and returned to his borne I In the lower part of tbe State. Mr. Wolf has u io><de many friend* during his slay here. 1 Mr. T. A. Cater, of Monterey was In the I city on business last Friday. 1 Mian Ninth Henrv. Miss Susie Hill, Miss c Marie Cromer and Miss Lucy Heurv speui i several days lasl wet k with Mrs. WIlium v Leslie at tier country home. r Lent began \Veduesday. Services will be v he'd every afternoon, during Lent in the a Ei opal Church e Mi ho s<?rah J. Lee has returned from Green- v wood where she haw been the guest of her v cousin, Miss Julia Lee for a week b Miss Mamie Hill is home from Charleston " where she has been on a visit to relatives. v The Woman's Club will meet at the home h of Miss Florence Templeton Friday after- t noon, at a quarter after four. Miss Kllzi Gambrell win read a paper on William b * Cnlleo Biyanu o Mrs. Thomas Swift, of Elberton, was In ihe r city several days last week visiting relatives r Mr. C. W. Kendall expects to leave the lat a ter part of the week for the Northern Mar- h keU. I< Mrs. John Gas* and Miss Ivy Gaes, 01 tl Sewanee, Tennessee, are here on a visit to c Mrs. Ed Calhoun. ? Mr. Eroest Stump, MaBter Mechanic at the e Seaboard Shops has been transferred to Ports- s month. p new firm. v ? Messrs. G. W. Lomax and James Roacb u have formed a partnership, aud will occupy o the room recently used by Douglass <fc Keller. The Misses Crowder have returned to g Greenwood after a pleasant visit to their b friend MIkr Nettle Russell. i Miss Clara Livingston, of Seneca, is In the t city, the guest of her friend Miss Sarah Lee. c Miss Livingston has visited Abbeville befofe, t J *?- Munila horn U'hn ur? ?lad In r a Liu una iuou/ iiivuwo ?v. v ?- ? 0 ? | welcome her to our city. m Mrs. C. D Haddon, of Troy. Is expected In p the city this week. Mrs. Haddon will be the e guest of MIbb Belie Haddon during her Btay here. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hughe?, or Columbia, ar- i rived In the city tjuuday ou a visit to >lre. t Mary Taggart. DR. LYON GONE TO NINETY SIX. Dr. John Lyon ba? gone to Ninety Six to practice Medicine. Dr Lyon is an excellent young man, and his friends iegret to see him tuake bis home el?ewbere. Mr. Clifford Haddon went to Due West Friday, on business. 1 Mr. and Mi*. Will Breaz?ale have moved In to a house ne r Mrn. Chapman s. RETCRNED TO ABBEVILLE. Mr. J. Gilliam Aiken has come to Abbeville and wilt open a store. Mr. Aiken Is f well known here, having made this bis . borne a number of years. v KELLER?jCOXE. I The marriage of Miss Ludle Keller ?nd Mr. Augustus Coxe will he solemnized Wednes- ( day, February 27th. 1901 at the home of Dr Keller. Both of the >oung people are well ] known here. Miss Florlde Reese will leave in a short i time of Honea Path, where she will join Mrs. ( Brock and go with ber to Baltimore, to buy ? the Spring goods and visit the mlllfhery deuartmen t of the wholesale stores. j M * I. WT Parlor nf fipppnulllo woo in fhp oltv last week for several davs. , Mr. H. D. Reese is home for n few days. Tbe friends x>f Mr. U?*wi8 Perrin will be ( glad to know tbat be will soon be able to be \ oat again. MUsEmma C. White was unable to meet , ber classes Monday on account of Illness. c death ok mrs. harrison". J Mrs. Frank E. Harrison died at her Lome i Monday afieruoon at six o'clock, after h long Illness. The funeral services were held from t the Presbyterian Church, Tuesday, at 3 i o'clock. Mrs. Harrison was an active mem- t ber of the PresnyterUu Church, and was be c loved by all who knew her. I i *1 CHEAPER MILEAGE BOOKS. I i ? Seaboard Air Line IWnkrs a >'ule- \ worthy Reduction ol Price. t The Seaboard Air Line being ever alive to ! tbe people's interest" hs well as its own has. effective February 25, reduced its 1,000-mile tickets in Florida, from $30 to $25; all one . thousand mile tickets o( the Seaboard Air ' Line railway Issue are now good over the , entire system (with ibe exi-epilon of the family mileage tickets sold in tbe state of < North Caroiiua.) which t-averses Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida anil Alabama, and reaches the capitals of all the above States. By agreement, one thousand mile tickets of j Seaboard issue are good In addition to Its < own IJdps over the Richmond, Fredericksbur* and Potomac railroad from Richmond to Quantico, and the Pennsylvania railroad Irom Q,uantlco to Washington, tbe Col urnbla, Newberry and Laurens railroad, and the Baltimore Steam PMcket company's line from Norfolk to Baltimore. The Seaboard Air Line rail way Is the short line from South Carolina to all points norlh. south and west and has a service that 1b second to none in the South, ana its trains are run on quick and convenient schedules. For Information write Geo. AlcP. Batte. T. l\ A., Columbia, S. C. R. E. L. Bunch, . Gen. Pass. Agent, Portsmouth, Va. Merrymaker* Celebration, Aiiichhim, Gr? April *23-27, 1901. On account of the above occasion. Southern Railway announces reduced rates from AshevUle, Charlotte and intermediate points In North Carolina, Tennllie and Savannah and Intermediate points in Georgia, and irom all points In South Carolina, to Augusta, Ga.. and return, of one first-class tare for the round trip for individuals (single tickets.) and for military companies and brass bands in uniform, twenty (20) or more on one ticket, still lower rates. Tickets will be sold April 2<)ih to 26th inclusive and for trains scheduled to arrive at Augusta prior to noon of April 27th, good to return until April 29th. 1901. For detailed in formation as 10 scn<'uuie?, rates. pic., write or call on any agent of the Southern Railway or connection?. W. H. Tayloe, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent. , Atlanta, Ga. Sblrts, collars and cuffs, laundered right at Une Abbeville Suam Laundry. Send your wort to tbe home Laundry and ?elp tint Id up tbe town. I "'}< v<? ... . JAMES W. TOLBERT SHOT. Itcmill of hii AgKrcNftive Career?The People'* Pniienee Ex li:tiiMe<l. For more than thirty yearn Abbeville county has be?-n agitated and irritated by the jeaseless efforts of while meu who nought po It!caI honor# and emoluments at the hands >f the Renuollcan administration at Wash ngton, because of their influence with ttie ue-1 ;roes. For years these white meu were so successul thai they endured (lie unpleasant. cunsejuences thai so often followed these political :onte>ts. Incidents connected with that un jleasantness may have had weight in their avor at Washington and against the white >??ople. A.I ench recurring e.eetton the same ild scuftle was gone over, and the same triitnphs were recorded by the leaders of the tie;roes. Theolder citizens bore with these vexations md excused the aggression as tiest they could, >ut when younger and more nggreosive or uore indiscreet agitators appeared on the cene they excited the hostility of a younger itid less foibeariog set of politicians. It eems that a crisis nrs at last come, and thai 'lolenca will result lo any inau who, in inure, attempts to lead the negroes against the vlilies aud who may. becau^eof such results, et*R Federal patronage. The qnes'iou as to the character of .Mr. fames W. T'?'bert need not enter into contderatlon. Neither Is ttie cUaracler of those vho are determined to be rid of him and Ills nethods to be regarded. TUe fa<'t i?. that Mr. Colbert has made himself exceedingly odious o his neighbors. Another fact is, that the} eem to have determined that, bis methods uuKt cease, aud that they will have no wore >f his presence among them. Their patience b exhausted, and tbey deem it pairlotlc to renove him, peaceably, if they can, forcibly, 11 bev must. Whatever he may have had to do with the *hoenlx riot?if anything at all?we are not ible to speas with a knowledge of the facts? et some may believe that he was partly esponslble for the homicide on election day. vhich precipitated the attempted assasslna ion of white men by negroes, and which reuited in the lynching of several negroes, 'eople of an incensed neighborhood ordered ilm" to leave, and prudence dictated tnat ue etsard their feellnus and seek another coinnunlty. Afterward he brought suit iu the Tnited States Court against people of McCor- 1 nlclc. The suit Jailed of its purpose. Mr. 'oibert was again notified thai he could not Ive in McCormick. As we understand, Mr. 1 'olbert disregarded the warnings which be < lad received, and returned to his borne aboul < wo weeks ago. Last Friday, while he was ai pork on one of bis bouses, a numberof men ode up to bin). After the exchange of a lew < pords a fusiladecoinmeuced, and the combat- < nts began to put distance between eacb otb , r. One of the attacking party was slightly founded. Mr. Tolbert received a slight llesb I round In an arm, aud a serious wound lu the ack?tbe ball lodgiug In one of his lungs. Us brother, Mr. R 11. Tolbert, of Greenwood, rent to McCormick the next day and bronght ' ilui to the home of bis brother-in-law, Mr. W. | I. Napier, In Greenwood. Tnese, we believe, are as near the facts as we ! ave been able to learn. Tbe Incidents wbicb ccurred at tl.e shooting are largely Inornate- | lal. The cltlzensof McCormick meaut to get Id of Tolbert. Tbey wauted no more of blm, ! nd It would seem that If be recovers from I Is wound, be would find tb? air of another | reality more safe for blm. (Without apporlouing blame, aud without censuring or ex- ' using anybody, we have lltt'e doubt that, the | rhtte people of this county will lu future ex ( rclse very little Datience with any man who tlrs up race strlle.or who attempts to gain nbiic office by any effort, to lead the negro. I Vhetber such men are right or wroDg, th? , ?hlte people ot this county are exasperated. 1 ud we believe thai they will have no more ' f It. I Speaking lor this newspaper, we are very , orry that Mr. Tolbert so grievously offended , is neighbors. Even after he had excited ' heir lli-wlll we are quite sure If he had tried i o bring aboul a b.-tier understanding h< | ould have done so. But he was more dedant ban conciliatory, hence this trouble. The leople would have been more than willing to ccept any evidence of a disposition on tbe , iart of Mr. Tolbert to cease bis irritating ourse. Lawless acts as these are to be deprecated, 'bey bring reproach upon tbe country, and li | k hoped that there may be no other occasion or violence or bloodshed. TROY'S TALK. Hunter* That Canurht Birds?From Drug Nlore to Kank?Good Educator?Personal Poiut*. Troy, S C. Feb 25,1901. Mrs. Fannie Haddon, and Master Chalmers, ire In Aobevllie to nee relatives f r a week. Prof. J. M. Cuddy was unable to teach last ve?k. ! Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Slmnpard. and Miss i rene Fuller, from Liberty Hill, were visitors n town last week. Mr. R. rf. Taggart lost his fine pointer dog ast week from being bitten by a rabid doe. Dr. George A. Robinson, and Mr. Foster toblnson. two of our Troy boys, but who are tvlnu In Texas, were married n*ar Cameron 1 ast week. The former to Miss Stewart, and | he latter t,o Miss Ditto. May they enjoy long md useful lives. We are sorry to hear of the serious Illness of klrs. Kay, who once lived amongst us. Our Hotel has had a rush oi commercial nen tbe past week. Dr. L. H. Russell, and Mr. W. Belers, of Sreenwood, came down on a bird bunt last reek and banged &r> liiey enjoyed their trip Another burglarized store Id town lasi week. Mr. J. L. RusRell, Jr., a young mer:hant was the loser. Thin In the second time n less than three months, which Is dlscou* aging to any one. They are experts at the >uslnepR. The Klondike party Thursday eveolng at he home of Mrs. J.S.Harris, was a success n everv respect. The decorations were oeauIful, the prevailing colors were yellow and 1 jreen. Japanese lanternR were suspended < rom all available places ttirowluga soft, light n ttie "mine "where the nuggets of gold were ' juried; many little souvenirs were dun out. ' I'he supper was nicely prepared and many .empting dishes were served. A ulce sum was realized and the Committee deserves much praise for the entertainment. McCormlck seems to have a hard (line teeplnu their Post Masler. We think "Uncle Sam" will have to Import one, as home talent. ?s yet won't for the suffice. The political vaterR seem to be troubled, and ivill oe until wrong has been righted ltev. Mr. Wiley preachcd at. Hopewell Church yesterday. They all seem much 1 pleased with their new pastor. . < Mr. George Price, and Miss Mattle Edwards, from McCormlck, were married last week. Mr. John Young has been appointed Magistrate in Indian Hill Township. Miss Mollle Tittle will visit Mrs. W. T. Bradley at Abbeville this week. The Augusta Chronicle speaks in complimentary terms of Charles P. Pressly, a talented attorney who Is one ol South Carolina's hrighest lights. Mr. John E. Bradley Jr., has left the Speed Drug Co., at Abbeville,?is assistant cashier of Bank at McCormlck. Many friends of Mr. Charlie Lyon rejoice with him In his election aH Sheriff of Aobevllle county. The condition of I)r. H. L. Culbortson, of Amity, Ga., Is not encouraglug and his friends are anxious about him. One of our best and most substantial young ladles, has something nice in store for the popular editor of our dear old Press and Banner. Capt R. J. Robinson one the best educators In the State is teaching ihe McCormlck School. They should be proud of so good a man. FINE HORSES, a rrosperous tarmfr ami uooil ( ill. zpii of I?ue Went. Mr. Joe N. Nance of the vicinity of i>ue West whh In town n few dayB ago. driving a beautiful pair of fine horses, which any man might, he proud to own Mr. Nance make? money at farming, and knows how ?o pave It, and put it to ?oml u?e? No man lias better reason to he happy. He married oneof the handsomest a? well us one of Ihe best. women of his acquaintance. They live happily, and he prospers right straight along " - " ? DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE UP-STAIKS ON MoILWAIN Corner, Abbeville, 8. 0. i SKELETONS OF CI,I FT DWELLERS. Four Hundred of Tlicm Found In One Apartment in AHeoiiii. A strange story of the suffocation of I an entire village of cliff dwellers j about 40(h) years ago is told by Ser-:l geant Geo. F. Price of the local recruit-! < ing station. In picturesque Arizona, among j' the White Moun'.uus, not far front j I Fort Apuclie, tne peculiar race of little 1 climbers once eigned supreme.'1 Among thealnm-t inaccessible cliffs of,s red sandstone they lived like fugitives, j' in natural fortresses'. i1 The cavprns tbev once inhabited!I are to day as they were centuries auo,1 auiJ in many cases liave apparently! never been trodden by human foot since the death of their ancient inhabi- j taut--. The petrified remains of 400 prebis-j toric little people were found by Serg't | Price in a vast cave. The Apache .Indians who now inhabit that district, regard that cavern with superstitious dread, und cannot be induced to enter its gloomy portals. No white uoau had ever set foot there before S?rg't Price, and he found its con'ents] undisturbed. During the spring of 1899, when be! was with troop G, 7th cavalry, stationed at Fort Apache, the young soldier discovered the great cave village, with iis strange legend. A fe* miles east of the fort, on the White River, rise some immense cliffs of red sandstone. From the glistening stream the cliffs rise almost perpendicularly to a sheer hight of 300 feet. Crevices and little edge of r??ck form the only foothold for dariug climbers. While fishing for trout one day, rferg't Price noticed high up on the ulifi a black hole. Believing it to be a L-ave he at once determined to scale i ihe cliff, aud several soldies volunteer- j jd to accompany him. The ea.'ent was , exceedingly hazardous aud difficult, t but after a long time they reached the j liole. ] Jutting out from the tace 01 tne ciin was a natural shelf, about eight feet ] wide aud twice as long. Just back of < the ledne whs the entrance to the t incieut cave. Tbey explored over four and a half 1 miles of pasages and corridors. The i soldies penetrated into the furthermost recesses and found a big council cham- 1 aer far back in the interior of tbe cliff. A.s the flickering light of the torches t pi<rced ihe gloom of the large room f he grewsome scene was revealed. Huddled together on the cold, damp t floor of stone, as if for mutusl sympathy aud protection, lay the bkeletous jf over 400 cliff dwellers, petrified by iheir exposure during ages past. A . jhort distance apart from the others j lay the frame of the chieftain, leaning E igainst the wall opposite the entrance t to the room. t Serg't Price began a systematicques-1 ? tiouiug of old Indians aud at length | Sfcured the legend of the cavern. ? .Many, many hundred years, a^o, be ] was told by the red skinned -savages, ( the small men lived inthe cliffs. Thy f were at war with other small meu ( who lived at some distance. Battle* i were frequent, aud the tribe which oc- t cupied the White River cliffs was ( worsted. 1 Many of their best warriors were ( slain by the clubs and arrows of the ^ enemy. Re'.reat finally becomes ne- 1 uessary, and ttie defeated meu hastily scaled ilie clirt*to th^tr home near the summit. Onc?w|.hin the cave they felt themselves -ecure from futher attacks. Thev carried with them such scauty supplies as they could quickly gather, and they hoped that in case ot siege their corn would last until the siege was raised. Bwarining up over the ledge to the entrance to the cave came their enemies. Several they killed, but were soon driven back from the entrance. Wouderiugly, they crouched within its portals. The assailants brought up quantities i>f wood and piled it high up about the hole in the cliff. They then kmdled a huge fire and never suffered it to abate in fury. Days passed, and the liames still gleamed brightly on the side of the vast rock. For a fortnight the vigilance never slackened. At length the revengeful army retired, leaving a great pile of ash s on the ledge. No one dared to enter the cavern, ana navingaccompusnea meir . E*riin mission they departed from the jectiou. Doinc I.lttle TIiIiikh Well. A young man, having exhausted his patrimony in obtaining a professiona1 education, nettled himself in a town already filled with successful lawyers to practice law. One day one of these old lawyers asked him how, under such circumstances, he expected to make a living. "I hope I may get a little practice," was the modest reply. "It will be very little,said the old lawyer. "Then 1 will do that little well," answered the young man, decidedly. He carried out bin determination. * The little things well done brought J larger ones, and it) time he became * one of the most distinguished jurists J iu his Htate. : Again : A certain old bishop, who was fond of finding odd characters in ? out-of-the-way places, was visiting in a 1 quiet neighborhood. One day, in h ( walk with a friend, be came to a cross- f road settlement, with a few houses, j Among them was a snug little shoeshop, kept by au old man. Interested in the old cobbler,* the bishop stopped for a chat. "My friend," he said, "I would not think so small a business as mending ^ shoes would pay so well." 8 "Ah," said the gentleman with him a "old C'ato has the monopoly of shoemending in this region. No one else gets a job." "How is that, (Jato ?" asked the bishop. "Just so," replied Ca'o. "It if om little patch put on with little stitch'!- B or tiny pegs. But, when I lake a e stitch, it is a stitch, and when I drive a peg, it holds." -I I Milford'? Neuralgia Powders never fall lo ? relieve. Try thorn. For sale by C. A Mil* * ford, l'bone l"7 G Send yourolot'.ie* to the Luundry and have them cleaned r .1 pressed. Lost.?An amethyst gold rlni?. A liberal 0 reward will b? paid for Its reiurn to Mr. * Payne, at the C.'arollua Hotel. I ' J V . -? . ''.'''V.' - A - "':v? .A'v; I'.-J GAMBLED BUT ONCE. Price Paid For a Farasol by the Founder of Monto Carlo. Ikl. Blanc, the founder of the casino at Monte Carlo, \vti8 ver7 eccentric. He was never known to piny at the tables excont on one occasion, and then it ivas a somewhat costJ.v experience. While on a visit to the Wiesbaden casino witb Mmo. Blanc ho was in the habit of iccompanying her on a morning stroll ?ach day. During one of these walks nadame complained of tho heat of the sun and requested her husband to buy her i parasol. Accordingly tho two entered > shop, where madamo selected a very jretty article, worth 80 francs?about ?3 is?which M. Blanc, with a scowl and a uuttcred grumble, paid. When the casino opened nt noon, great jvas tho astonishment of tho croupiers and visitors to see M. Blanc placo 2 louis on ihe red at ono of the trento et quarante ablcs. The attendants hastened to get ilm a chair, but this he declined, 6aying 10 was only going to remain a few minltes.. When the cards were dealt, he won, ?nd, taking up his winnings, left the orig-. nal 6take on tho table. For a second time le won, and had now got back the price )f the umbrella. But not content, he veniuved another 2 louis, which this time ae lost. Somewhat annoyed at this, the founder of the place doubled the stake, ind won, thus getting back the cost of the ambrolla again. Determined, however, to regain bis a ouis, he 6taked it again, only to see t raked in by the bank. Thus ho kept m winning and losing, but never able to recover the 2 louis, till at last ho found limself 25 louis out, all the gold his pock tbook contained. A thousand franc note bo had was quickly changed and swallowMl up. Then, becoming exasperated, he :ashed his check for a largo sum, and, siting down, commenccd tho battle in carlest. Hour after hour passed by, but M. Blanc, his eyes .fixed on tho treacherous pasteboards, never budged from his post. 3e kept on planking down heavy stakes in til tho last deal was declared, when, :almly rising, ho seized his yellow cape aid made his way through the gaping onookers into the open air. On reaching home he found Mme. Blanc playing "patience" with a pack of :ards, the offending parasol being on the able. "Madame," said tho old gentleman,, 'do you know what that thing has cost ne?" "Mais oui, mon ami. It cost you 80 'rancs." juaaame," rejomea xie, you aru unaafeen. I have just paid the bill?91,000 xancs." Madame'e Bunshada had cost no less ;han ?3,640.?London Mail. Telocity of Ocean Waves. The velocity of waves is 6aid to depend irimarily upon the power and continuance >f the wind, but it is greatly modified by ind bears an ascertainable relation to iheir magnitude and the depth of tho wa?r over which they'travel. It has been salculatod by Airy that a wave 100 feet in ireadth and in water 100 feet deep travels it the rate of about 15 milos an hour; one 1,000 foot broad and in water 1,000 feet leep at the rate of 48 miles; one of 10,000 !eet in breadth and in water 10,000 foet leep will sweep forward with a velocity of iot less than 154 miles an hour. Bache itated as one of the effects of an earthquake at Sainoda, on tho island of Niphon, n Japan, that the harbor was first emptied if water, and then came an enormous vave, which again receded and left the larbor dry. This occurred several times. To evaporate water enough yearly from ;he ocean to cover the earth, on the averige, 5 feet deep with precipitation, to iransport it from ono zone to another, to >ause it to fall in tho right places, at suitkble times and in the proportions due, is )do of the offioea of the grand atmosphercal machino. This water is evaporated jrincipally from the torrid zone. Supposng it all to come thence, we shall have, incircling the earth, a belt of ocean 3,000 niles in breadth, from which this atroos)here evaporates a layer of water annually 16 fcot in depth. To hoist up as high as ihe clouds and lower down aguin all the Krater in a lake 16 feet deep, 3,000 miles )road and 24,000 milos long is the yearly jusiness of this invisible machinery. iVhat a powerful engine is the atmosphere! 3ow nicely udjusted"must be all the cogs, vheels, springs and compensations of this aquisito piece of machinery that it nover vears out or breaks down or fails to lo its work at tho right time and in the ight way! What a Held for investiga;ion, and how singular it is that man is )laced at the bottom of this atmospherio >cean from which to commence his relearch!?St. Louis Republic. Vandals Deceived at Monet Vernon. On the posts of ono of_ the old beds in ihe mansion at Mount Vernon are small jlase knobs with sockets drilled into them, vhich fit little spikes, but do not fasten >n. It is perfectly natural for visitors to )lace their bands upon the knobs, and ihose who do immediately perceive that ;hey can betaken off. Tho next stop is to ilip them quietly into the pocket and carry ihem away as relics ' ie sacred place. Although an attenda. is employed to ratch this room, there arc so many visit>rs that it is impossible for him to prevent luch pilforing, and the glass knobs have ;o bo replaced two or three times a week luring tho busy season, but that costs very ittle trouble and expense. A factory near Pittsburg turns them out for ao cents a jross, and Mr. Dodge is in tho habit of jrdering a barrel of them every spring, rhero aro several thousand of these glass snobs scattered over the world, in muieums and private collections of mementos ind historical relics. Many more are loubtless conccalcd for reasons of consci>nco and fear of discovery, but tho guilty persons need bavo no concern. Tho orignal knobs that belonged to the bed are lafely laid away in a vault.?Chicago Recird. Custard. Concerning custard, or "custad," as it iras formerly called, it was a common joke it civic feasts in the olden time to place in enormous custard in the middle of the able, into which at somo stage of the pro:eedings the clown unexpectedly jumpod. 3en Jonson uses tho term "custard leap ack" of one who "in tail of a sheriff's linner" took "his almain leap into a cubnrd" to "make my lady mayoress and her listers laugh all their hoods over their ihoulders."?Gentloman's Magazine. A man cannot bo convicted according o Chinese law unless ho confesses himelf guilty, and confessions aro often cxTacted from prisoners by aid of the rack ir by Hogging with tho bamboo. Fifty years ago there were in India only 1 II native onluined pastors. There Are ] low about 1,000. THE HARD WORKED LIVER. It la the Jack of All Trades of tlu Hainan Body. The liver is tho jack of all trades of thi body. Most organs are satisfied with do ing their own particular business, "on man one job," but there would seem to b quite four or five distinct functions to this important organ. In tho first, place, each one of its mil lions of minute cells acts as a filter, guard ing the portals of the blood from intru sion. Our ijood may have undergone th ordeal of digestion, but before it is allowe* to circulate and nourish the body it mus be carried to the liver, which examine and promptly eliminates any particle like lv to be injurious to the health. Then, again, as a tonlo manufacture the liver is without a rival. It prepares i special medicine, and every now and ag&b Bends a dose to the stomach to induce it fc work properly. Whenever the liver has i little time to spare from its other dutle it manufactures a stock of this medicin (the bile) and saves it up in the gall blad der until required. Moreover, the liver selects all the in soluble fats of our foods and by dividinj them into very tiny globules and makinj a soap of them with an nlkali so liquefle them that they can be absorbed in the or dlnary way. The superfatted livers of th Strassburg geese (used in making the fa mous pate de foie gras) have been so over worked that they have entirely lost thi soapmaking power. One of the most curious things done b; the liver is to deal with any starchy But stances that are insoluble and graduall; transform them into a strange materia that is found nowhere else in naturenamely, animal sugar. This sugar (gly cogen) cannot be imitated by the mos clever chemist, and it is carefully saved i: the body so as to compensate for any dell ciency in the supply of thp ordinary kind Whether we consider tne liver as a fllte or a soap boiler or an apothecary or a sug ar maker, wo find it doing each kind o work as though that one were its sol care.?New York World. CHESS AND MATHEMATICS. The Game and the Science Ran 01 Parallel Lines. It was Leibnitz (born 1646), the famou German philosopher and mathematician who made that oft quoted phrase, "Ches Is too much of a game for a science am too much of a science for a game," whicl unfortunately seems to remain the popula idea of chess even in this day. After i prolonged devotion to the pastime it is al leged that the great Teuton renounced i completely for solitaire, which is not eas; to explain, since all card games, savlni perhaps whist, are generally distasteful b the confirmed chessist. John Oliver Hobbes say?, "Artist! chess is beyond the petty restriction of i science," and this rings much truer thai T MA?m<-vTTT /UAfnt** trVlrtK nanKan JJQlUlilt^ O UOO.IVTT VUUUUJLU) V* U1UU she had in mind when she wrote. It has been remarked that chess ani mathematics have much in common; tha they run on parallel lines; that they hay a similar direction of thought. Leibnit was not the only great mathematician who made the game a study. Euler am Jaenish were both fine players and chee analysts. Richard Proctor, the astroo omer, who was also noted for his mathe matical attainments, was devoted to th game. And to turn to the other side of th shield most first rate chessists have bee: excellent mental calculators. Andersen who next to Steinitz was undoubtedly th most warriorlike of chess players, was i really great mathematician. Lasker la i professor of higher mathematics. But, of course, thore are elements L chess which are wanting in mathematicf the chief being the combative element The two intellects which contend for th mastery must possess the qualities of gen erals in the field of battle, an importan distinction.?Walter Pulitzer in AmwHwi Chess Magazine. The Fi rst Boftllicaa. In the third century there were alread; small buildings called "synagogues," o ecclesiae, where services were conducted but Constantino began to build the firs basilicas fitted to hold large congregations In the west the apse was at the west end but in Asia it was on the east, and cui tains divided off the bema or choir fron the rest of the basilica. Within these stocx the wooden table of the eucharistio rite and behind it, facing the congregation sat the bishop or presbyter, facing east a Rome, but west in Asia. Not until th ordinary service was ended and the deacon had carefully excluded all among th worshipers who were unbaptized were th curtains jlrawn and the mysteries display ed to the faithful. Thus no profanation o the rite could be due to the mocking o unbelievers, though nothing was hiddei from the boliever.?Blackwood's Maga zine. The Old Onea. "We'll have to give up the Idea of put tin pictures in the parlor, Jane," remark ed old John Turnipseed as he threw thi bridle under the table. "Why?" asked his wife. "Too dear I Why, I priced one In towi today, and the dealer sez, eez he, 'That'i an old master; its price is ?500.' " 'Why,' sez I, 'it looks like a second hand pictur.' " 'Yes, it is,' sez he. "Then, thinks I, if a secondhand picttu costs that much, It's no use to prices nev un. So, Jane, I reckon we'll have to hanj up a few mottoes, 'God Blass Our Home and the like, and let the plctur's go."? Pearson's Weekly. A Question Amirered. This is the way in which the Centralis (Elan.) Journal editor answers a questioi propounded by a stock raiser: '' A rural subscriber asks,4 Do hogs pay? We know that a good many don't. The] take the paper several years and have th( postmaster send it back marked'Refused. Such a breed is usually two legged vie unprofitable." Financial. "Mother, how big must I grow to be ii a bank, liko uncle?" asked the small boy "Not very much," said his father, "foi I often seen in the papers that cashleri are short."?Spokane Spokesman-Review The largest tree in the eastern hemis phero if not in the world is a monste] chestnut standing at the foot of Mourn ^Stna. The circumference of the mail trunk at 60 feet from the ground Is 21J feet. Russian battle songs are written li aiinor keys, and instead of being bril ilantly martial are sad, telling of the sol dier's fata. If you want to be appreciated, die or paj your debts.?Adams Freeman. * v ,/ v.-" 4 - --.v. -i . . , L /- *'V*_ M For TTonr Cardcaae. A first call Is made on the newcomer by the older resident, without waiting for the formality of an introduction. It is re9 turned within ten days. If the acquaintance proves undesirable, it may cease after 0 the first interchange of visits. 9 Tho fashionable calling hour for ladies r is from 11 to 12 and from 3 to 6; for men, from 8 to 10 when the day Is occu. pied. A formal or first call lasts 15 minutes, a friendly call twice as long. 0 A man must ask permission before he j may call, or bear a letter of introduction from another city. g An Invitation to any entertainment, h whether accepted or not, necessitates a call from tho recipient within a month. ; r Calls should be made on the hostess' ft day, if she have one. a The guests of a dinner call upon their 0 hostess within a week. A bride does not call upon her friends B until they have called upon her after the e wedding receptions. 4n TYiArwJnrt Mno!TTO Tvnf. T?of. I fCLOUUO JU iiiuuiuiag i-WV/A T V wuv \*w uv/u return calls during the first year after their bereavement. ? Calls of congratulation are made on the | young mother, the fiancee or a friend to g whom unexpceted joy or success has come. ,m ?Exchange. 6 .The Model Hostess. r A woman may possess wealth untold, she may have the kindest of hearts and the 8 brightest of minds, but unless she has absolute control of her feelings there will be ? some time in her career as hostess that she will display annoyance or flurry, and the ^ contagion, spreading to her guests, will * cause an otherwise successful entertain~ ment to die out in undisguised failure. ' A model hostess must to all appearance * be made all of good humor as far as dlsa agreeable happenings are concerned. * Even though a guest or careless servant L inadvertently breaks a bit of china which r can never be replaced she must smile on as though the loss of the entire set would 'I AmnltnAtnn 4-Vn nlooanM A# nrorlriff UUU Ciiipiiaoiuuopcoouiwvfc VUV VIVUUlQi 0 Her well bred calm inspires her guests with a feeling of confidence. A flurried hostess or nervous host, whose countenance but sadly conceals the worry felt, can do more toward making the 1 gusts uncomfortable than if the soup were served stone cold. An imperturbable a calm find a ready tact are the two impori, tant factors in the makiag of a model s hostess. Secure these and you need fear i nothing.?Boston Transcript. b ^ p Light Fnrnlttre. a It is a testimony to our growing sanitary wisdom that bedroonpMshould now be t bo universally done in light effects. The y | heavy suits of furniture deemed indlspeng sable to the bride setting up housekeeping o a generation ago, and which took a considerable share of the outfit purchase money, 0 are today the most unsalable articles sent a to an auction room. A large and splendid a black walnut bedstead that cost $00 80 b years ago, without even springs, brought 91.60 at an auction sale. With it was sent 1 a small white iron bedstead with brass t trimmings, the sort that costs f 8. Ci(Y to e |10. This was sold the same day fo? $3, a z good evidence of the proportionate demand o for the two articles. No heavy draperies 3 are put in the modern bedroom, only 3 I dainty and washable stuffs. The air Is I -11 J ?lUU. r ouuncu VAJ pcucuatu iiogi/ uuu uuo Uguv h as well, extra shades of green holland bee lng provided to darken the room for the morning nap. The heavy mahogany or e walnut dresser has gone with the big beda 1 stead, the chiffonier and a little dressing i, table with a cheval glass taking its place, e ?Dallas (Tex.) Herald. a I An Excellent Plan. A woman who 1s building a tiny house, a which, however, is the crystallization of i, her ingenuity and ideas of convenience i. picked up here, there and everywhere, has e in the china closet opening from her dini lng room two deep drawers inserted unt der che bottom shelf. The drawers are a each of them 14 inches deep and are lined throughout with tin. In one of them bread is kept and in the other cake. They fit snugly, the cake drawer locking. Y Everybody knows that the tin bread and r cake boxes bought at the 6hops and kept on the floors of closets are very well while I new, but the careless maids, opening and Rhuttincr them manv times a day. soon : bang them into a 6hape which prevents 1 their tight closing. When that condition i is reached, they are about as useless as an 1 open shelf for the purpose for which they ^ are designed, that of keeping out the heat and damp air and also mice, if such infest [ the place. Housekeepers whose china a slosets have been in existence for years 8 will find it an easy matter to have such B drawers added.?Exchange. a ' Bnilneii Partnership of Matrimony. f The time to begin to learn from each f other is when people are first married, ! when life is still a playground to them and . when romantio love condones what in later years might seem nagging or carping criticism. We are all creatures of habit. If we get used to the business partnership of - matrimony in our youth, it becomes seo. ond nature and not a hardship nor a disa illusionmont. If people would take time to understand each other and to cultivate mutual confidence, how much easier mari ried life would become?in fact, all life I I To be 6ure, wo only hear of the unhappy marriages, while great numbers of people are plodding on together silently and | happily. But there is enough friction to | warrant this kind of consideration, because r' even those who ore to oil appearances conT | tented might make more of life If they 5 looked upon marriage as an equal part' nership.?Frances Evans in Ladies' Home Journal. She Carries the Mall. In an outlying district in Haddington| shire, Scotland, a 16-year-old girl acts as ; 1: mail carrier. Her daily route is nearly 20 j 11 miles long, and she covers it afoot. Every j , I morning at 9:30, after sorting the mails, t I she starts out. She wears a short skirt j 7 and the 6toutcst of boots and leggings, I ] and on very stormy days a waterproof uni- \ . i form provided by the authoritiea About , i 4 p. m. 6he returns, and after sorting the i afternoon mails delivers telegrams in the : | village. She was only 13 or 13 when she ' began letter carrying. Her route leads 1 through such scattered farmsteads and ; through so many brooks and braes and 1 r hedges that a bicycle or a horse would be * ol iitue service to ner. ' I Ellen Terry'* Ilobby. " j Miss Ellen Terry's f ivorite hobby Is one r which is probably not followed by any 6 other leading actress. She has quite a 1 passion for collecting the eyeglasses of ; I celebrities, and whenever sho begs a pair , I eho invariably gets the wearer of them to j writo his or her autograph upon them. j _ i Among others she has several of Sip Hen| ry Irving's, Sir Arthur Sullivan's and the 1 late Sir Morell Mackenzie's. The collection of celebrities' eyeglasses Is kept in a r special cabinet in her ^?^rmlng ^e at Barksfcon Gardens* ^ KensiW^^i. GEMS IN VERSE.' ' - . ""ti i ? ??^ - Opportunity. Master of Iranian destinies am L Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps watt, Cities and fields I walk. I penetrate Dfrorts and seas remote, and, passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or lata I knock unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire and conquer every foe Save death, but those who doabt or hesitate Condemned to failure, penury and woe, ( Seek me in vain and uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more. Speaking; From Experience. War ain't any jokin, so don't yon pack ym traps. Bother rest in peace at homo an cultivate the crapa. Been erlong with Longstreet, spent soma tin* with Lee, An peace I wast ter tell you's aatlgfaotacy ter me. War ain't any Jokln. T^ey talks It low aa high. Bat it changes its oomplexion when you haw the ballets fly. It's fine ion?in this papers?but when I atatti shine ' O* bayoneta right in front o' me I'll just take home in mine. Ain't no fan in flghtln. A feller doea hla beat. Bat he always wears the pictor'a o' hla loved ones on his breast. An then ter kiss an leave 'em, never mora ter meet, Ter listen through a lifetime for tha onraturnln feet I War ain't any jokln. Ef it comes, it comes; An 1 reckon that I'd answer ter the roll call ?P the drams, J Bat I ain't In any harry fer packln up my traps. ' i( y,-ft Bather rest In peace at home an cultivate tha crapa. ?Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution Having Company. The letter read: "My dearest Sue, Next Thursday I will spend with yoa. I won't enjoy my visit, though, ' If any trouble I bestow." ' * "Oh, I'm so glad," cried Mrs. White, "For company is such delight I" But looking round her in dismay, "I must get ready right away." Armed with a dustpan and a broom, Bhe went to work in every room. Bhe oiled and polished, cleaned and rubbed And mended, scoured, washed and acrab> ' h* m Then in the kltohen she began, While perspiration down her ran, At pies and paddings, cakes and bread, I As if an army must be fed. She toiled and fretted, cooked and baked. Bhe hurried, worried, stewed and ached. When Thursday came, she, nearly dead. Just managed to ctawl out of bed. * JW And Mrs. Company came too. They kissed and hugged like womea dot And then began tired Mrs. White To make excuses, never right: "Oh, dear, my house (then waxen clean) Is most too dirty to be seen, Bo shut yonr eyes! You're looking stool. Take otr your wings. I'm just worn on "You must excuse my cooking too. It isn't fit to offer you. ('Twas fit for kings.) Too bad you COOM Just when I'm upside down at home!" And thus she welcomed and distreasdl And spoiled the visit of her guest. Who wishsd she hadn't come to b? A tired woman's "oompany." ?Farm and Firesldfc Near, bat Yet So Far. We talked of life and death. She s&id, "Whichever of us two first dies Shall come back from among the dead And teach his friend these mysteries" She died last night, and all this day . 1 swear that things of every kind Are trying, trying to convey Some message to my troubled mlnsL I looked up from my tears erewhils. That white rose dying in the cup Was gazing at me with her smile. It blushed her blush as 1 looked up* It paled then with an agony Of effort to express me aught That would. 1 think, bring peace to ma Could I bat guess, and I cannot. > And when the wind rose at my door It clamored with a plaintive din, Like some poor creature begging sor* To be let in. I let it in. It blew my light out. Round my head It whirled and swiftly in my ear Had whispered something ere it fled. It had her voice, so low, so dear. The looking gloss this livelong day fias worn that curious, meaning air. I feel it when I look away Reflecting, things that are not there. v 7 For hours no breath of wind has stirred. Yet bends the lamp's flame as if fwnnaA The clock says o'er and o'er a word, But I?O God I?can't understand. ?Gertrude Hall in Independent. He Writ m Book. fonder, air, where you see them high waedi * grow An briers wrapt about the slab that's brok* They buried a man there 1-o-n-g time ago That writ a book. .Jj Don't eeem to me I ever heard his name, But pap. who is the sexton here, he spoJw To me one day about him. Ail the same. He writ a book. What was the book about ? I never knew. Pap never tole me that an never took interest in him further'n I've told your? He writ a book. Pap eaya, says he, "Alter the man wu dead Strangers would come from miles away M look At that grave an lay flowers above his head Who writ a book." The years went on, an then, no more forlorn. They come with flowers an with mournful ' look ?> talk about the "genius that was gone" Who writ a book. An then pap seen that 'twan't no use to hat* xne sweeies' roses in iiiai lonesuuio uuu* When folks had long Btop'd visitin his gray* Who writ a book. For what's the use, sir, if folks never paua* Among the many gravestones here to look For his, to plant the roses jest becaaae He writ a book} ?Frank Bell in Nashville Sa& " .? Requirement. We live by faith, but faith Is not the glare Of text and legend. Reason's vole* aa4 God's, Nature's and duty's, never are at odds. What asks our Father ot his children save Justice and mercy and humility, A reasonable service of good deeds, Pure living, tenderness to human needs, Reverence and trust and prayer for light to MB Tho Master's footprints in our daily ways! No knotted scourge nor sacrificial knlfs, But the calm beauty of an ordered life, Whoso very ureatnlng is un worded praiae, A litu that stands, aa all true lives have rtoo& Firm rooted in the faith that God Is good. -Wtolttfcft r- ;